Mr. George Katrougalos

George Katrougalos is Professor of Public Law at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, Vice-President of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) and a former Foreign Minister of Greece. He is an international expert in human rights, comparative constitutional law, democracy, development, social rights and social policy.

He holds a law degree from the University of Athens and a Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Public Law from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has taught and conducted research at numerous universities in Europe, the Americas and Asia. He was an Emile Noël Fellow and Senior Emile Noël Fellow at New York University (2007 and 2012), and a Visiting Research Fellow at Roskilde University (1994–1995), under a fellowship from the Danish Academy of Sciences.

Katrougalos has practiced before international and national tribunals, advised governments and the Council of Europe, and contributed to institution-building and legal reform in countries across Europe and Asia. He has published extensively in Greek, European and American legal journals and participates regularly in international academic and policy forums on constitutionalism, human rights, social justice and global governance.

He has held senior public office in Greece, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, State Minister for European Affairs, Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, and State Minister for Administrative Reform. He has also served as a Member of the European Parliament and the Hellenic Parliament. At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), he served as President of the Group of the Unified European Left and as President of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and Arab World.